(Sunnyvale, CA – February 16, 2006) – Armchair golf champs get ready, this is the tournament you’ve been waiting for! Shot-Online is about to play host to the First Shot-Online Professional Tournament, which will be offering about $2,000 in cash as well as cyber-cash prizes to semi-pro ranked golfers (or higher) in Shot-Online. The time? The tournament starts tomorrow, at February 17 at 12:00 AM to February 20 at 12:00 AM (CST). The place? The tournament will be played on the “Abel Plena” course, only in the massively multiplayer online golf game, Shot-Online.

The tournament prize structure is as follows:

1st Place – $1,000
2nd Place – $500
3rd Place – $200
4th Place – $100
5th Place to 10th Place – 5,000 in cyber-cash

Shot-Online, developed by OnNet Co., Ltd., is a hybrid massively multiplayer online game, a golfing simulation incorporating elements of traditional role-playing, enhanced by a proprietary physics engine for golf ball dynamics and interaction with eight challenging, varied golf courses. Detailed 3D graphics and smooth-as-silk animation enhance the realism of Shot-Online as a simulation. On the role-playing side of Shot-Online, characters can level and grow in skill and capability through training, while team and solo competitions allow players a chance to win game currency to buy skill-enhancing items, and quests and other community events are offered for even more depth.

Shot-Online, for Windows/PC systems, is available online for free download at the official website (http://www.shot-online.com). Shot-Online offers absolutely FREE play without time or play limits; however, with a Gold Membership for the entertainment-packed, high-value rate of $9.99 a month, a 50% discount on the greens fee; a 30% discount on items purchased with in-game currency; the locker fee is free; and trade between users is free, and other benefits are offered. For the Gold Plus Membership of just $14.99 monthly, along with the other benefits of regular membership, the greens fees are free and a friend’s green free can be discounted 50% and a one million monthly allotment of the in-game currency is given to the player, along with other benefits.

To find out more details about Shot-Online and all the latest news about the game; the Shot-Online Professional Tournament and the rules, please visit the official Shot-Online website. (http://www.shot-online.com).